creative and random posts: Social Media: The Cause or Cure of Loneliness?

SOCIAL MEDIA: DOES IT MAKE US MORE LONELY? Technology has developed to the point it allows people to build strong relationships and emotionally connect with others, avoid feeling isolated, and communicate with others whom we cannot speak to in person.

Social networking provides a method of keeping in touch with others whom are far from your location. People are able to communicate, forge bonds, sustain friendships, learn about diﬀerent cultures, and become socially diverse individuals.

social media causes people to lack proper skills of communication in real life. "A behavior that has become typical may still express the problems that once caused us to see it as pathological referring to the near-total obsession with the digital world in today's society. the online social world is destroying real communication, dumbing down society, and leading to a society of people that have no idea how to actually function in the real world.

I believe technology does make us alone, because it’s not the same being in person talking to someone rather than being behind a screen. When you talk in person your kinda forced to interact you can’t read and respond someone in person. Yes all the time I will try to talk to my friend ,but they are on Instagram looking at something which forces me to get on my social media since I have no one to talk to. I guess if the people talking aren’t talking about something that I’m interested in or can’t relate to then yes I do get on my electronics. I think our obsession with documenting prevents us from living in the moment simply because we are so anxious to get the right angle of our pictures ,or make the right caption we can’t even enjoy the moment. If I am with a group of people hanging out then yes I put down my phone because there’s more to talk about and the conversation can get interesting. If I am with one person it is likely that I am on my phone because it’s just me and that person we can only talk about so much and have so many views about something, the conversation gets boring really quick.

Is technology always the right answer? Yes. No. Maybe.? Well, it all depends on the situation at hand. If you need to research something then technology is a plus, because then you don’t have to waste time and money driving to the library, finding the right information, checking out the book and driving back home. On the other hand, if you are just using technology to check your social media accounts and waste time not doing your homework, then technology isn’t a plus: it makes you antisocial and able to hide behind your computer and/or smart phone, and not interact with people face-to-face. Technology isn’t always good, meaning it can cause less attentiveness, antisocialism, and just complete isolation.

Sitting anywhere while on your phone, you will lose your ability to be attentive. What this means is that if you are sitting on a bench somewhere and you’re on your phone, you will lose every single ounce of awareness you have; you won’t hear someone call your name, you won’t see that person who just rode their bike by you. If you really think about it, what I am explaining to you is 100% true. This, in the long run, is creating people to become loners and not outgoing. This is happening because people have become so drawn in and obsessed with anything from computers, to iPhones, and iPads which is creating a dull, boring, lifeless generation.

Overall technology isn’t always bad if used in the correct form, technology isn’t always good either, meaning it can cause less attentiveness, antisocialism, and just complete isolation. Today’s generation is over using technology which is creating an entire generation of antisocial misfits. Thus technology should be limited to things that we need - not things that we want. Maybe all of the younger generation should put away their smart phones for one day to experience life that requires human social interaction on a one-to-one basis. This would open the eyes of many people to a more attentive and socially interactive society.